Voting-machine



No. 609,576. Patented Aug. 23, |898. S. DUCAS.

VOTING MACHINE.

(Application led Jan. 18, 1896.)

No. 609,576. Patented Aug. 23, |898. S. DUCAS.

VOTING MACHINE.

Application filed Jan. 18, 1896.)

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Patented Aug. 23, |898. S. DUCAS.

VOTING MACHINE. (A'pplicstion led Jan. 18, 1896.)

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No. 609,576. Patanted Aug. 23, |898. S. DUCAS.

VOTING MACHINE.

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No. 609,576. Patented Aug. 23, |898.

S. DUCAS.

VOTING IACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SALOMOI DUCAS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

VOTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,576, dated August23, 1898.

Application filed January 18,1896. Serial No. 575,973. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, SALOMON DUCAS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, in the State ofCalifornia, have invented certain Improvements in Voting-Machines, ofwhich the fol.

lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class ofvoting-machines of which the machine shown and claimed in my LettersPatent No. tl, granted August 6, 1S95, is a type; and the object of theinvention is to provide a machine of this character of a simple andinexpensive nature the parts of which are so arranged and constructed asto enable the machine to be readily changed and altered, so as toaccommodate it for use at different elections at which different numbersof candidates are to be voted for.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction ofthe improved voting-machine, together with certain novel combinationsand arrangements of the various parts thereof, whereby certain importantadvantages are attained and the device is made simpler, cheaper, andotherwise better adapted and more convenient for use than various othermachines heretofore employed, all as will be hereinafter fully setforth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theclaims.

In order that my improvements may be the better understood ,I haveillustrated in the accompanying drawings a machine embodying myinvention, in which drawings- Figure l is a plan view showing a machineconstructed according to my invention, portions of the ends of themachine being broken away to show the inclosed parts. Fig. 2 is anenlarged vertical section taken transversely through the machine in theplane indicated by the line o. a in Fig. l, and Fig. 2 is a detacheddetail view. Fig. 3 is an end view of the machine, looking in thedirection of the arrow b in Fig. l, the end plate of the casing beingomitted; and Fig. a is a view showing the devices carried on said endplate. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken transversely through themachine in the plane indicated by the line c c in Fig. l, showing themeans for locking the voting pins or spindles; and

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the lined d in Fig. 5, show-l ing the same parts. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sideview showing the means for locking the voting pins or spindles. Fig. Sis an enlarged detail perspective view showing the means employed forsecuring an even and uniform movement of the bails. Fig. 9 is a partialend view of the machine, showing the means for locking the saine.

As shown in the views, the machine is arranged in a rectangularopen-topped case or box l, of wood, and is provided with a frame 2, nearone end of which is formed a transverse vertical partition 3, theopposite ends of said frame being provided with detachable end platesand 5, the end plate a being located adjacent to the partition 3, butspaced apart therefrom to permit of various devices being mountedbetween them, as will be hereinafter explained. Y

In the frame of the machine are mounted and vertically movable a seriesof voting spindles or pins 6, herein shown as arranged in two series orrows, with their upper ends projecting from the top plate of themachine.

The machine as shown herein is made double, being composed of two seriesof independent voting devices A and B, arranged parallel to each otherand so connected together as tomake the machine at once compact andsimple in construction.

On the top plate of the casing, at the righthand side of each series ofvoting-pins 6, is arranged a pair of guide-flanges 7, undercut onadjacent faces and spaced apart to receive and hold glass plates orstrips S, (seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) and under said glass plates areheld sheets or strips 9 of paper or cardboard, having spaces 10 formedon them corresponding in number and arrangement to the pins 6. The pins6 are consecutively numbered, and each space 10 on the strips 9 isnumbered to correspond with that pin 6 which is opposite to it, asindicated at 11 in Fig. l, and on each spacelO is printed, as shown at12, the name of one of the candidates to be voted for.

The various candidates for the same office are grouped together, asshown in Fig. l, and along the edge of the strip 9, opposite the groupof candidates foreach office, is printed the name of the ofce, precededby the word For, as For mayor, For sheriff, &c.

Beneath each of the spaces on the strips 9 and under the top plate ofthe machine is arranged a counter 13 of substantially the constructionshown in my former patent, and each counter 13 is actuated from a lever14, the end of which is adapted to be engaged by a lug or arm 15, formedon and projecting from one side of the corresponding pin 6 under the topplate of the machine. The levers 14 when depressed are held down bygravity until lifted in setting the machine for the next voter, as willbe hereinafter explained. The

counters 13 have each three numbered disks, the numbers on which appearone after the other at openings 16 in the top plate of the machine,under the corresponding spaces 10 on strip 9, as seen in Fig. 1.

The pins 6 are circular in cross-section and play vertically in openingsformed in the lower part of the frame 2 of the machine, and each pin isreduced at its lower part 17 to form a shoulder thereon, between whichand the frame 2 of the machine is coiled on the reduced part of said pina helical spring 18, serving to hold the pins normally raised and toreturn them to their raised positions after they are depressed.

The pins 6 corresponding to the group of spaces 10 carrying the names ofcandidates for the same office are connected together, so that after onepin has been pressed to cast a vote the other pins of the group arelocked against movement, the means employed for this purpose beingsimilar to that shown in my former patent, each group of pins beingarranged near a bail 19, having arms 20, pivoted to uprights 21 on frame2, said bail being engaged by arms 22 on the pins 6 of the group andwhen depressed by any pin of the group engaging a lever 25, pivoted at25 on a standard 24 and having its end normally raised by means of aspring 25h. (See Fig. 2a.) Lever 25a carries a pawl 25, engaging theteeth of a ratchet-wheel 26, having an adj ustable istop 27, which whenbut one vote is to be cast by each voter for one office is set so as tostop the turning of the ratchet when the same has been rotated onetooth. When more than one vote is to be cast for one office, stop 27 isadjusted to permit the ratchet to be turned a number of teethcorresponding to the number of votes permitted to be cast. On the lever25 is pivoted a dog 25d, weighted and arranged when the lever isdepressed to engage the stop 27, so as to prevent movement of pins 6when the ratchets have been turned a sufficient number of teeth.

Beneath each pin Gis journaled in the lower part of the machine a pairof reels 28 and 29, the reel 29 having iixed to it a ratchet-wheel 30,engaged by a pawl 31 on an elbow-lever 32, fulcrumed on a rodor shaft33, extending longitudinally through the machine. On the several reels28 and 29 are carried tapes 34, of paper or the like, passing overspring-pressed platen -bars 35, constructed, preferably, in shortlengths, and said platen-bars 35 are arranged beneath the lower ends ofthe pins 6, so that when said pins are depressed their lower ends, eachof which is provided with a type 36 corresponding to the number on theupper end of the pin 6, will bear on the corresponding tape 34. Anink-ribbon 37 extends longitudinally of the machine under each series ofpins 6, so that when a pin is depressed its type 36 will mark on thetape 34 the number of the pin. I

To feed the tapes 34, the pins 6 are provided with arms 38, arranged toengage the levers 32 when the pins are depressed, so

that each pawl 31 is caused, when its pin is depressed, to feed the reel29, having the ratchet-wheel 30, one tooth, and when the lever 32 isthus moved it stands, by reason of its weight, depressed, as shown at.the right in Fig. 2, until the machine is set to permit the next voterto cast his ballot, as will be hereinafter explained. By thisarrangement it will be seen that either pin 6 after having been oncepushed down may be pushed down again an indefinite number of times; butits type 36 will always be impressed on the same point on tape 34, sincesaid tape will not be fed along.

By preference each tape 34 will be numbered consecutively from end toend, and the several numbers thereon will be canceled by the types 36 onthe corresponding pins 6, so that the tapes will indicate at a glancethe number of votes cast foreach candidate. The ink-ribbonsextend'through openings in the ends of the frame, and one end of eachribbon winds ona reel 39, as seen in Figs. 5 and 7. The opposite ends ofthe ribbons are Wound on reels 40, having ratchet-wheels 41, engaged bypawls 42 on levers 43, having arms 44, to be engaged by pins or lugs 45on rockshafts 46, extending longitudinally through the machine atopposite sides thereof, as shown in Fig. 3. The rock-shafts 46 extendalong under thev levers 14 and form stops to prevent the same from beingmoved too far down.

Along theleft-hand side of each series of pins 6 are arrangedlongitudinal series of blank-ballot slides 47, adapted to receive cardsbearing the names of persons to be voted for other than the regularcandidates whose names appear on the strips 9, and each slide has aspring to hold it normally raised and is provided with a pin 48, whichwhen the slide is depressedengages one side of a bar or plate 49,extending longitudinally of the machine and fixed to a shaft 50, as seenin Fig. 2.

Each slide 47 has a pin 51, arranged to engage the bail 19 and operatethe wheel 26 one tooth each time the slide is depressed, and a receiver47a is arranged below the slide, as seen in Fig. 2, to receive theballots cast therethrough. The plate 49 has its opposite side arrangedto project beyond shaft 50, as seen, at 52, in position to be engaged byan arm or IOO IIO

lug 53 on the corresponding pin 6, so that it will be seen that wheneither` of the slides is depressed the pins G opposite thereto andcorresponding to the names of candidates for the same office are lockedagainst being depressed. When either pin 6 is depressed, the plate 49acts in the reverse way to hold the slide47 against operation.

In order that voters who desire to cast a straight party-ballot may beenabled to do this quickly and without the necessity of pressing eachpin 6, I provide a number of straight party voting-pins G, shown inFigs. l and 7 as three in number and arranged at one end of the machine.These pins are constructed and arranged similarly to the other pins Gand each will be provided with a counter, operated as above described.The pins 6 also have arms similar to the arms 22 and operating on a bailin such a way as to rotate a ratchetwheel similar to the ratchet-wheel26, having its stop set so as to permit the rotation thereof but onetooth.

It is evident that means must be provided to prevent the depression ofthe pins G after a straight partyeballot has been cast by means of oneof the pins 6, and vice versa, and to accomplish this I employ themechanism I will now describe. Two rods or bars 54 eX- tend along theentire length of the machine at the left of the series of pins (5, andon said bars or rods are held a series of buttons 55, each having itsopposite sides beveled to form a central V edge on the buttons, asclearly shown in Figs. 6 and 7, whereby V-shaped apertures are formedbetween the buttons.

The buttons 55 are loose on the rods 54 and are capable of a slightdegree of movement longitudinally thereon. Each pin 6 has projectingfrom it, as seen in Fig. 2, an arm or lug 56, having depending forks57,adapted to engage the V-shaped apertures between the two'adjacentbuttons 55 on one of the rods or bars 54, so that when one of the pins 6is depressed said arm or lug 56 will act to press the buttons 55 apartin such a way as to move the buttons 55 on the rod or bar 54 at one sideof the machine and at one side of the pin 6 longitudinally, as indicatedby the arrow e in Figs. 6 and 7. There are no buttons on the rod underthe straight party pins 6, said rod being provided with a loose sleeve5S at that point, and adjacent to the end wall 5 of the frame the end ofeach rod 54 is provided with a loose collar 59, as seen in Figs. 9 and'7.

On the inner face of the end wall 5 of the machine is mounted aslide-plate 60, movable transversely along the same, being slotted, asseen at Gl,to permit the passage through it of the rods or bars 54, asseen in Fig. 5, and said plate G0 is provided with lugs or projections62 on its face adjacent to the collars 59, adapted, when the slide-plateis moved to the right, as indicated by the arrow f in Fig. 5, to standin position to be engaged by said collars 59 when the buttons 55 aremoved endwise on rods 54 by the depression of `the pins 0.

To the slide-plate GO is coupled one arm 63 of a bell-crank or elbowlever, pivoted, as seen at 64 in Fig. 5, to the end plate 5 and havingits opposite end G5 arranged to be engaged by a bail 68, similar to thebails 19, above described, and provided with arms 6G, pivoted tostandards G7. The bail 68 is arranged to be engaged and swung pivotallydownward by lugs or arms 69, formed on the three pins 6, as clearlyshown in Fig. l. The bail 68 also acts on a pawl when depressed andturns a ratchet-wheel similar to the ratchet-wheels 2G one toothwhenever the pin Ga is moved down; but the stop of said ratchet-wheel isset so that each voter can only turn the wheel one tooth. By thisarrangement of the parts it will be seen that when either of thestraight party ballot pins 6a is depressed the engagement of the bail 68vwith the elbow-lever will cause said lever to swing pivotally, so as tomove the slide-plate -60 in the direction of the arrow f in Fig. 5,

whereby the lugs 62 will be brought opposite the collars 59 and willserve to hold the buttons 55 against being moved on the rods 54, so thatit will be seen that the other pins 6 are held against being depressedby reason of their forks 57 not being able to move the buttons 55 apart.This prevents the pins 6 from being depressed far enough to actuatetheir counting devices 13 or to print on tapes 34.

The length of the rods or bars 54 is such that the buttons 55 can onlybe pressed apart far enough to permit of but one forked arm 56 passingbetween them at a time, so that when one pin Gis depressed all the otherpins 6 are locked against movement by reason of the buttons 55 beingthen immovable, and when either pin 6 is depressed it will be seen thatthe collar 59 on the corresponding rod or bar 54 will be moved endwiseon said rod or bar, so as to stand opposite to one of the lugs 62 onslide-plate 60, whereby should it be attempted to press down either ofthe straight party-pins 6 said lugs 62 on slideplate GO will come inengagement with the collar 59 and the slide-plate will be held againstmovement in the direction of the arrow f in Fig. 5. Consequently, aswill be obvious, said pins 6 cannot be depressed suicientlyfar tooperate their counting devices. To the slide-plate 60 are also pivotallyconnected the lower ends of locking -bars 70, which normally stand whenthe slide-plate is pushed to the left, as seen in Fig. 5, in inclinedpositions, with their upper ends held between studs 7l, arranged inpairs and projecting from the end plate 5 of the machine. Then in theirinclined positions, as shown in Fig. 5, the upper ends of said bars 70are suiiciently lowered to permit the plates 49, which are engaged androcked, as above described, by the operation of the slides 47, to

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be operated, so that said slides may be operated; but when a straightparty-ballot has been cast and the slide-plate 60 moved in the directionof the arrow f in Fig. 5 the bars 70 are moved to erect positions andtheir upper ends are raised, so as to engage under the plates 49 andprevent the said plates from being swung pivotally when the slides 47are pressed, whereby it will be seen that said slides are locked intheir raised positions.

The pins 51 of the slides 47 are provided with depending arms 51a, thelower ends of which are forked similarly to the arms 56 on the pins 6,and said arms 51a are arranged between the arms 56 and are in positionto engage the buttons 55 and move them endwise on the rod 54 when theslide 47 is depressed, so as to push the collar 59 over into position tobe engaged by the lug 62 on the slide 60, so as to lock the straightparty-pins 6a and prevent a voter from casting a straight partyballotafter he has cast a ballot by means of one or more of the slides 47.Beneath the slides 47 extends a bar 47e, having notches to guide pins 6,which have their arms 56 engaging said notches.

The rods 50 each project outside the end plate 5 and are provided withdepending arms 72, coupled to links 73 and 74, which extend toward eachother ,and are connected to the upper end of a lever 75, fulcrumed at 76on end plate 5 and having its free end bent and arranged to engage onearm 77 of a pivoted elbow-lever carrying a hammer`78, arranged to strikea bell or gong 79 on the end plate 5. By this arrangement it will beseen that when either of the pins 6 and 6a is pressed the plate 49 willbe swung pivotally, causing the rod 50 to turn, and the turning of saidrod will act to sound the bell 79. In order that a voter may preventpersons outside the booth from knowing when he has voted a straightparty-ballot, a button 6b is arranged projecting from the top plate ofthe machine and has its lower end connected by a lever 7 5L to lever 75,so that said pin 6b may be depressed and the bell 79 sounded as manytimes as desired.

After each voter has operated the machine to cast his ballot as abovedescribed the poll-clerk resets the machine for the next voter by movinga slide-plate 80, mounted to slide in guides 81 within the end plate 4of the frame, said slide-plate being provided with a handle 82,extending through a slot in the said end plate to the outside of themachine, as seen in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. The slideplate 8O has a series ofnotches or teeth 83 formed in its upper side in position to be engagedby the nose of a double-acting pawl 84, pivoted on plate 4 and actuatedby a spring 85, secured thereto.

The pawl 84, by engagement with the teeth or notches 83, prevents theslide-plate 8O from being drawn back when moved but part way, so thatafter the slide-plate has been moved part way it must be movedcompletely before new voter to enter the booth.

Near opposite ends of the slide-plate 8O are located pins or projections89, arranged in pairs and adapted to receive between them the lower endsof crank-arms 90, secured on the ends of the rock-shafts 46, whichextend, as above mentioned, longitudinally through the machine and carrypins or arms 45, arranged to wind the ink-ribbons 37 on their reels. Onthe shafts 46, between the plates 5 and 3 of the frame, are securediiattened plates 91, arranged to engage under the levers 14 when therock-shafts 46 are turned by the movement of the slide-plate 80, withwhich the crank-arms 90 engage, whereby the said levers 14 are raisedand the counters 13 reset to permit them to be again operated by thedepression of the next pin 6 or 6 by the next voter.

The plates 91 have depending anges 92 extending along their edges, whichflanges are arranged to engage the upturned arms 93 of bell-crank orelbow levers pivoted at 94, as seen in Fig. 2, and have hooked ends 95,forming dogs to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheels 26 and hold thesame when turned, said ratchet-wheels having springs arranged to returnthem automatically to their starting-points when the ratchet-wheels arereleased. By means of the engagement of the iianges 92 with arms 93 itwill be seen that when the rock-shafts 46 are turned by the operation ofthe slide-plate 80 the dogs 95 are withdrawn from engagement withratchet-wheels 26 to permit said ratchetwheels t-o beautomaticallyreturned by means ICO IIO

of their springs in position to be operated by the next voter.

Adjacent to the end plate 5 of the machine one of the rock-shafts 46 hassecured to it a depending crank-arm 96, the lower end of which has, asseen in Fig. 5, engagement between two lugs 97, projecting upwardly froma cam-slide 98, mounted to slide under the slide-plate 60 and havingwedge-shaped cams or projections 99 arranged to engage behind thecollars 59 on rods or bars 54 when said cam-plate is moved in thedirection of the arrow h in Fig. 5, whereby it will be seen that thesaid collars 59 will be moved out of posi-v tion to engage the lugs 62on slide-plate 60 in case the preceding voter has voted a mixed ticketby using the pins 6.

As the cam-slide 98 nearsy the end of its movement the pins 97 thereoncome into engagement with a lug or pin 100 on the slideplate 60, wherebysaid slide-plate is moved in the direction of the arrow 7?. in Fig. 5and out of position to engage the collar 59 to prevent the movement ofthe pins G in case the preceding` voter has voted a straightparty-ballot by means of the pins (f.

Adjacent to the crank-arms 00 the roekshafts 46 are provided with arms101, to which are connected springs 102, serving to return therock-shafts and slide-plate S0 to their normal positions after they havebeen moved, as above explained, and to the outer ends of said arms 101are coupled the upper ends of vertically-moving slide-rods 103, guidedin the frame 2, as seen in Fig. 3, and having their lower ends arrangedto rest on crankarms 104 on the ends of shafts or rods 105, mounted toturn in the lower part of the machine just behind the shafts 33, whereonare mounted the levers 32, carrying the pawls which actuate the tapes34.

On the shafts 105 are fixed plates 106, arranged to engage the levers32, by which construction it will be seen that when the rockshafts 46are actuated by the movement of the slide-plate S0 the shafts 105 willalso be rocked and the plates 106 caused to engage the levers 32 andlift them from their lowered positions (shown at the right in Fig. 2) totheir raised positions (shown at the left in said figure) ready to beagain operated by the next voter.

In order to count and register the total number of voters whose ballotsare cast on the machine, I provide on the end plate 4 of the machine acounter 10S, operated by a pawl 100 on one end 110 of a bell-crank leverpivoted at 111 on the end plate 4 and provided with a spring 112, theother end 113 of said lever being arranged in position to be engaged andmoved by contact with one of the crankarms 90 when the slide-plate 80 ismanipulated. lVhen the bails 10 are of considerable length, as will bethe ease where a number of candidates run for one oiiice, I prefer toprovidethe bails with means so that the pins 6, which bear at the end ofthe bail, shall move the bail the same distance as those at the centralpart thereof, and such a device is shown in Fig. S. In this view thebail 19 has pivoted arms or links 114, the lower ends of which areconnected to the ends of a slide-bar 115, guided in keepers 116 on theframe 2. By this arrangement when either of the corresponding pins 6 isdepressed the bail will be moved downevenly, since the levers andslide-bar cause the ends of the bail to move in unison.

To make the machine changeable to accommodate it for use at differentelections where different groupings of the pins and other parts aredesirable, the frame 2 has apertures 117 to receive screws to holdstandards 21 and other parts in various positions. By this arrangementthe standards may be adj usted for bails of different lengths. To permitof rearranging the slides 47, the top plate is composed of strip-likesections, as seen in Fig. 1, and said slides are located in rows betweenthe-sections. Between the slides are spacingblocks 47h, as seen in Fig.2, the blocks being of lengths equal to the width of the slides 47 sowhen a slide is removed its place may be filled by a spacing-block.

As shown in Fig. 9, the plate 4 is provided at its base with a hingeddoor 4, through which the reels carrying the tapes 34 may be removedafter the election, and said door is apertured to permit the passage ofbails 11S on the frame, these hails being adapted to receive differentlocks 119, so that a key to the machine may be held by a representativeof each party. As many locks and bails may be used as may be desired.

In operation the machine will be placed in a booth, and before eachvoter enters the booth the poll-clerk will operate the slide-plate 80,so as to set the machine for voting. The voter on entering the booth mayvote a straight party-ballot by pressing one of the pins 6a, and thevote will be indicated by the counter of the pin 6 pressed, all theother pins 0 and 6, together with the slides 47, being automaticallylocked. If, however, the voter desires to vote a mixed ticket, heselects his candidates, voting for each on the pins 0, and the counter13 of each pin will indicate the vote when the pin is pressed, while thepins 0a will be locked together with the slide 47 and the other pins 6used for voting for the candidates for the same office, except in caseswhere several votes are permitted to be cast for similar oflices.

If the voter desires to vote for persons not regular candidates andwhose names are not on the strips 9, he will'call for blank ballots ortickets before he enters the booth, and these tickets or ballots will becorrespondingly marked or numbered, so that the same name cannot bewritten on two of them and two votes cast for the same person by onevoter without detection.

From the above description of my improved voting-machine it will be seenthat the device is of an extremely simple and inexpensive constructionand is especially well adapted for the purposes for which it isdesigned, being, moreover, compact and simple in operation, and it willbe also obvious from the above description that the device issusceptible of considerable modification without material departure fromthe principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason I do notwish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction andarrangement of the various parts herein set forth.

I do not claim ,broadly, in a voting-machine, the combination, with aseries of keys, one for each candidate, of another series of keys, onefor each straight party-ticket, and connections whereby upon theoperation of any one of the keys of either series all the keys of theother series will be locked from operation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-J 1. In a voting-machine,the combination of a frame or casing, a series of voting-pins, a

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series of parts alined with each other and adapted to move in unison, anarm on each voting-pin arranged to engage and actuate said parts,anindependent series of votin g-pins for straightparty-tickets, and meanscom prising a slide, a swinging bail and an intermediate connectionadapted to prevent the operation of the voting-pins of the independentseries, said movable parts being capable of a limited extent of movementand being adapted when moved by the operation of one of thefirst-mentioned voting-pins, to hold the other voting-pins of thatseries against operation.

2. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame or casing,avoting-pin adapted for longitudinal movement and having a projection, apivoted bail to be engaged by the projection, a lever to be moved bysaid bail, a ratchetwheel having an adjustable stop, a pawl pivoted onsaid lever, and a weighted dog pivoted on said lever, and arranged toengage the adjustable stop of the ratchet-wheel.

3. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame or casing,a series ofvoting-pins therein, a type carried by each pin, spring-pressedplaten-bars beneath the lower ends of the pins, a strip for each pinarranged to be engaged by said type, and a pi voted lever and weightedpaWl actuated by the movement of a votingpin for feeding the strip undersaid type.

4. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame or casing, a seriesof endwise-movable voting-pins carrying types, paper strips arranged tomove under the types, reels on Which the strips are mounted,and meanscomprising a lever pivoted between its ends and provided withpaWl-and-ratchet mechanism,

said lever being in the path of and actuated by the movement of thepins, for moving the reels to feed the strips. Y.

5. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame or casing, a seriesof endWise-movable voting-pinsLcarrying types, paper strips arranged tomove under the types,reels Whereon the strips are carried, meanscomprising an arm on each pin, a lever for each pin, pivoted between itsends and having one end in the path of said arm, and pawl-and-ratchetmechanism, said lever actuated by the movement of the pins for movingsaid reels to feed said strips, and a spring-supported platen arrangedunder the strips and types and constructed in sections.

6. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame or casing,a series ofvoting-pinstherein, each having a printing device, a strip for each pinand adapted to be engaged by said type, a reel for each strip, pivotedlevers and pawls for feeding the strip beneath the pins, said leversengaged by arms or projections on the pins when the pins are depressed,and means substantially as described for simultaneously moving all ofthe levers into operative position.

7. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame or casing, a seriesof voting-pins for individual candidates, a series of independentvoting-pins for straight party-ballots, buttons arranged to be moved,arms on the first-mentioned voting-pins to engage and move the buttons,and a slide operated by the pins of the last-named series, said slidebeing arranged when moved to prevent the movement of the buttons, andsaid buttons when moved being arranged to prevent the movement of theslide.

8. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame or casing, a seriesof voting-pins for individual candidates, a series of independentvoting-pins foi-straight party-ballots, buttons adapted to be moved whenthe pins of the first-named series are operated, a slide operated by thepins of the last-named series, said slide being arranged when moved toprevent movement of the buttons and said buttons being adapted whenmoved to prevent the movement of the slide and means for moving theslide and buttons out of operative position. v

9. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame or casing, a seriesof voting-pins for individual candidates, a series of independentvoting-pins for straight party-ballots, buttons arranged to be movedwhen the pins of one series are operated, a slide operated by the pinsof the last-mentioned series and arranged when moved to preventthemovement of the buttons, said buttons when moved being adapted toprevent the movement of the slide, and a cam-plate provided with meansfor moving it and arranged to engage said buttons and slide and returnthem to their normal positions.

10. In a voting-machine,the combination of a frame or casing, a seriesof voting-pins for irregular candidates, a series of voting-pins forstraight party-ballots, a rod to be turned by the pins of oneseries anda plate on said rod, a slide to be moved by the pins of the other seriesand means to engage said plate and hold the rod against movement.

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l1. In a voting-machine,the combination of a frame or casing, a seriesof voting-pins for irregular candidates, a series of voting-pins forstraight party-ballots, a rod to be turned by the pins of one series, aplate on said rod, a slide-plate to be moved by the pins of the otherseries, and a locking-pin carried by said slide to engage said againstbeing turned.

l2. A voting-machine having a frame or casing, one Wall of which is`constructed in sections separated by elongated spaces, votin g-slidesheld in said spaces between the sections and spacing-blocks held in saidspaces between the slides.

plate to hold said rod 13. In a voting-machine,the combination of aframe or casing, two parallel series of voting-pins for individualcandidates, a series of votingpins for straight party-ballots, two rods,buttons on the rods, means for moving the buttons by the movement of thepins of the first-named series and a slide actuated .by the pins of thelast-named series, said slide being arranged when moved to p revent thebail, a bar mounted to slide parallel to the operation of the buttons,and said buttons bail, arms connecting the bail and bar, and

being arranged when moved to prevent the voting-pins arranged to movethe bail and operation of the slide. acting at different points alongthe same. 15 14:. In a voting-machine,the combination of In WitnessWhereoi:` I have hereunto Signed a frame, a shaft 46 oscillatingtherein, a counmy name in the presence of two subscribing ter 13, meansbetween the counter and shaft witnesses.

for actuating the former, a notched bar SO SALOMON DUCAS. and an armprojecting from the shaft and VitneSSes: 1o adapted to engage said bar.JAMES MAURO,

15. Avoting-machine having a depressible S. F. GERHARDT.

